North Dakota Sex Offenders

Persons convicted for a sex offense
in North Dakota must register as a sex offender in the state. The
law protects the residents of North Dakota by putting sex offenders
in check. The law also applies to sex offenders convicted in another
state but wish to move, attend school, or work in North Dakota.

North Dakota’s
sex offender law is lenient on sex offenders in the state. There are
no restrictions on where an offender may live or work in the state.
There are laws restricting individuals from getting into childcare
facilities, schools, or parks. Sex offenders who have kids should
contact their kid’s school for more information.

The nature of restrictions depends
on individual conviction. Also, risk levels classifications depend on
criminal records and other evaluations by the state. Sex offenders
in North Dakota are under 3 risk levels classification:

Low-risk level

Moderate Risk level

High-Risk level

Unlike other states where an
offender gets a permanent classification, an offender’s risk level
is subject to change in North Dakota. The state assesses sex
offenders to know if there is a need to change their risk levels.

Also, the duration of registration
depends on the offender’s risk level:

Low-risk offenders register for
15 years

Moderate risk offenders
register for 25 years

High-risk offenders register
for life

Sex offenders in North Dakota can
request to review their risk level if they feel their record has
improved.

The law ensures that the community
gets notifications anytime a registered offender moves to a new
neighborhood.

North Dakota Sex Offender Registry

The North Dakota Sex Offender
Registry is in charge of all information on registered sex offenders
in the state. The registry manages the sex offenders website, making
sure it gets updated in real time. Although the website has a list of
all sex offenders, you can only get full information of offenders on
the high-risk levels.

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North Dakota Sex Crimes Requiring Offender Registration

Crime Against a Child - a violation
of any of the following, or a comparable ordinance, in which the
victim is a minor:

Murder - N.D. CENT. CODE §
12.1-16-01 (West 2008).

Assault, if the victim is under
the age of 12 - N.D. CENT. CODE § 12.1-17-01.1 (West 2008).

Aggravated assault - N.D. CENT.
CODE § 12.1-17-02 (West 2008).

Terrorizing - N.D. CENT. CODE §
12.1-17-04 (West 2008).

Stalking, if the offender has
previously been convicted of simple assault, assault, aggravated
assault, menacing, harassment, or a similar offense in another
state, involving the victim of the stalking; or, the stalking
violates a court order protecting the victim of the stalking, if the
person had notice of the court order; or the person previously has
been convicted of stalking. - N.D. CENT. CODE § 12.1-17-07.1 (West
2008).

Kidnapping - N.D. CENT. CODE §
12.1-18-01 (West 2008).

Felonious restraint - N.D.
CENT. CODE § 12.1-18-02 (West 2008).

Removal of a child from North
Dakota in violation of a custody decree - N.D. CENT. CODE §
12.1-18-05 (West 2008).

Relevant and necessary
conviction and registration information must be disclosed to the
public by a law enforcement agency if the individual is a moderate
or high risk and the agency determines that disclosure of the
conviction and registration information is necessary for public
protection.

The attorney general shall
develop guidelines for public disclosure of offender registration
information.

Public disclosure may include
internet access if the offender:

is required to register for a
lifetime under subsection 8;

has been determined to be a
high risk to the public by the department, the attorney general, or
the courts, according to guidelines developed by those agencies; or
has been determined to be a high risk to the public by an agency of
another state or the federal government.

If the offender has been
determined to be a moderate risk, the public disclosure must
include, at a minimum, notification to the victim of the offense and
to any agency, civic organization, or group of persons who have
characteristics similar to those of a victim of the offender.

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